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###¤£%/~:. lot  of us have  antennas on  our houses .:~/%£¤###
¤¤£££%/~:. or   balconies,  we   have  built  large .:~/%£££¤¤
#£%~~~.... antennas for  larger bandwith,  we  have ....~~~%£#
###¤£%/~:.      build specialized antennaes for     .:~/%£¤###
##£/:.....   specific wavelengths (and sent them    .....:/£##
¤¤£%/:.... into orbit), we've  built  large as fuck ....:/%£¤¤
####¤%/~:.              antenna arrays              .:~/%¤####
###¤£%/~:. we've  virtually built an antenna with a .:~/%£¤###
###¤£%/~:.          dish as large as earth.         .:~/%£¤###
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###¤£%/~:. we've learned about  our position in the .:~/%£¤###
###¤£%/~:.     solar system, our solar systems      .:~/%£¤###
¤££/~..... placement   in   the   galaxy,  and  our .....~/££¤
##¤%%~:... galaxys placement in the  local cluster, ...:~%%¤##
¤¤£/::.... and ~our~  local clusters  place  in the ....::/£¤¤
###¤£%/~:.          grand scheme of things          .:~/%£¤###
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###¤£%/~:. and  we're  moving  around  the  sun  at .:~/%£¤###
####¤£%/~: velocity and the suns  moving around the :~/%£¤####
###¤£%/~:. center  of  the galaxy  at velocity  and .:~/%£¤###
#£/::..... the  galaxy  is  moving toward andromeda .....::/£#
###¤£%/~:.    and we're both moving anticlockwise   .:~/%£¤###
###¤£%/~:. around the galaxy.  and we  as a species .:~/%£¤###
###¤£%/~:. have learned to take all that in account .:~/%£¤###
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##£££%/~:. and despite  all this, despite  all  our .:~/%£££##
##££%/~~:.   (cliche) beaming of fucking stellar    .:~~/%££##
###¤£%/~:. radio programmes out  in  fucking  space .:~/%£¤###
###¤£%/~:. at  the speed  of light  (light  is  our .:~/%£¤###
¤¤¤%~.....  medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!), .....~%¤¤¤
###¤£%/~:.      despite ghosts helping and the      .:~/%£¤###
###¤£%/~:.     collective consciousness lowpass     .:~/%£¤###
###¤£%/~:.   filtering, despite our very obvious    .:~/%£¤###
¤££/:..... beaming  of  all our  secrets  in  every .....:/££¤
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#¤%/:.....              so why is that?             .....:/%¤#
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##¤%~..... most opponents  to  intelligent life  in .....~%¤##
###¤£%/~:. the  universe say  it's because you need .:~/%£¤###
#¤%%%/~~:. a class one-or-the-other  star  and  the .:~~/%%%¤#
¤¤£££%/~:. planet  needs  to  be  at  a  see-and-so .:~/%£££¤¤
###¤£%/~:. distance away from the  star (like there .:~/%£¤###
#¤¤££%/~:.           has to be a planet!)           .:~/%££¤¤#
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###¤£%/~:. but  really  isn't   that  keeping   the .:~/%£¤###
###¤£%/~:.      definition of life really lax?      .:~/%£¤###
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###¤£%/~:. idea  what we're doing (and it  probably .:~/%£¤###
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###¤£%/~:. i'm gonna  go smoke  my third  cigarette .:~/%£¤###
#¤££/:.... this year and try  to snatch  some beers ....:/££¤#
###¤£%/~:.         from the local beer thing        .:~/%£¤###
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